KNUT top organ meets amid curriculum row, interdictions

Loltulelei Primary School in Samburu central which has caught the attention of well-wishers due its worrying conditions. The school is one of the few in the county with high population of 840 pupils. It has few classrooms which are very dilapidated. Walls are made of posts which most have already fallen and no longer holding the roofs posing danger to pupils. [Michael Saitoti, Standard]

The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) is expected to make a major announcement today as its top decision-making organ meets to deliberate on the new curriculum and the fate of interdicted teachers.

The Standard established that top of the agenda during the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting is the plight of 221 teachers interdicted for failing to attend training on the new Competency Based Curriculum (CBC).